and some just want to see a challenger actually have a credible win (or 2) in the division before being anointed as the second coming of SRR.

At this moment Charlo has no more credibility at middleweight than Dominic Wade had.

What better way to get credibility than to beat a CHAMPION?

All this "Warm Up" "Prove Yourself In A Division First" is Nonsense and it mostly come from clueless fans who know **** about boxing but he heard some other clueless clown say or post the same crap so they run with it and repeat it

Ray Leonard first fight at Middleweight was vs Marvin Hagler! It wasn't no damn "Warm Up" or "Ray Leonard Should Fight John Mugabi At 160 And Prove Himself At 160 First"

Fans...STICK TO BEING FANS! Stop trying to be Fan/Promoter/Network Exec

GGG isn't fighting Jermall because of the rematch with Canelo. If he fought Jermall next he would be accused of ducking Canelo. If he beats Canelo or doesn't fight Canelo in a rematch then he should fight Jermall next. Right now it's too early to say he is ducking Jermall with the biggest rematch in boxing awaiting him in May 2018. Maybe the OP is trying to deflect the obvious or maybe he is just a huge Jermall fan. Who knows. GGG can't fight every good middleweight at the same time and Canelo seems like his obvious first choice.

I actually agree with you. There wasn't any reason to jump to Golovkin's defense.

Charlo Vs Jacobs would be an interesting fight. I have doubts about Charlo after his performance in his last fight. I still have doubts about Jacob's chin. I'd favor Jacobs in that fight but not by much. Jacobs has a high KO percentage so we'd find out for sure if Charlo the real deal. If Charlo beat Jacobs it would demand a fight with Golovkin and give Charlo some negotiating leverage. Its probably not going to happen though.

Where he got the title from a 42 year old.
Then he defended against someone whose career highlight was a win over Milton Nunez. A guy who struggled with Khursid Abdullaev and Decarlo Perez.
Then he scraped by Austin Trout. The only one to win against Trout without knocking him down.
He then defended it against a guy who had fought nothing but inactive fighters.